Other References

The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol. 14 No. 3. pages 6-16.The Employment of Indians in the War of 1812. By E. Cruikshank, of Port Erie, Ontario. [Reprinted from U.S. Serial Set No. 3429, Pages 319-335.] FHL 970.1 J825j [8]

Websites Concerning Indian Involvement

Shawnee in the War of 1812, by Richard Williams, gives a short history of Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa, The Prophet, who fought with the British and then went to Canada. Most Shawnee remained neutral during the War of 1812.

Clarke Historical Library, War of 1812, lists many magazine articles going back to 1886 with brief descriptions of the articles and links to digital copies of most of the articles.

Mexican War (1846-1848)

Civil War (1861-1865)

See American Indians in the Civil War for information about American Indian Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the American Indian regiments involved in the Civil War.

The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the locations where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the locations where the companies were raised. Knowing a location can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine locations. Often knowing the locations that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor.
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World War II (1941-1945)

All American Indians men were required to register for the draft, although in many sates they could not vote. A total of 24,521 American Indian men served in the U.S. armed service during World War II.

Many southwestern Indians served in National Guard unites set to the Philippines (the 200th Coastal Artillery Regiment), which was captured by the Japanese and sent on the infamous Bataan death march.

The Seminoles refused to register on the grounds that they were still at war with the U.S.

The Iroquois objected because they did not consider themselves citizens of the U.S.

The Papagos because they followed a religious leader who prohibited killing.

The conservative Pueblos resisted sending their young men to the draft.

In all, more than 70,000 American Indian men and women left the reservations to enter military service or work in defense industries.

Code Talkers

There were Code Talkers During World War I and World War II. Code Talkers used their unique languages as a means for secret communications. Code Talkers were of the Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw and Comanche Indian tribes.

They Talked Navajo" "dine bi-zaad choz-iid."; The United States Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers of World War II; A Record of Their Reunion, July 9-10, 1971, Window Rock, Arizona. FHL Book 970.3 N227ttWorldCat

Korean 1950-1953

Vietnam 1964-1972

Gulf War

Indian Scouts

Indians were employed as scouts from Colonial times onward, their service reaches its height in post-Civil War conflicts.